Interesting facts about Apple that you should know
Apple is considered as one of the biggest technology companies along with Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and Google.
Steve jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak are the founders of Apple. Although Ronald Wayne left Apple just after working for 12 days. He sold his share for only 800 dollars.
Apple was founded in April 1,1976. Apple has headquarters in California, United States.
Let's interact with some amazing facts about Apple
1. The first product of Apple
On April 11, 1976 Apple released its first product known as Apple I or Apple 1.
Apple I was a desktop computer which was designed and hand built by the cofounder of Apple Steve Wozniak.
In July 1976, Apple I went on sale at a price of 666.66 dollars which is almost equal to 3006 dollars in 2020. One dollar of 1976 is equal to 4.5 dollars in 2020.
Apple I was officially discontinued on September 30, 1977. Steve Wozniak was the only one who could answer the customer related to Apple I.
Later after one year Apple released Apple II in April 1977. Apple 2 was also designed by Steve Wozniak.
2. Apple logo
In 1976 the first Apple logo was designed by Ronald Wayne and Steve jobs.
Later after one year Apple logo was changed in 1977. The second logo of Apple was designed by Rob Janoff.
He is an American graphic designer who created a "bitten Apple" logo.
Meaning behind "bitten apple" logo
From 1977 to 1997 Rainbow Apple logo was used. When the co-founder of Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 monochrome apple logo was used.
3. Apple tagline
The tagline of apple is "think different". I think this tagline perfectly suits Apple because Apple thinks differently from many other tech companies.
Taglines are still used on Apple products as marketing strategies. Apple's "think different" tagline is used on imac and many other products.
Apple's "think different" tagline was taken from an American multinational technology company's international business machine (IBM's) slogan "think". This tagline helped a lot for Apple while advertising on television.
4. Trillion dollar company
Apple reached one trillion dollars market capitalisation in August 2018.
Currently there are only four companies from the United States (US) with a market capitalisation of one trillion dollars. Those 4 US companies are Microsoft, Amazon, Google (Alphabet) and Apple.
From almost going bankrupt in 1997 to becoming the first publicly traded company to hit one trillion dollars Apple has come a long way.
The market capitalisation of Apple in 2020 is 1.5 trillion dollars.
5. Apple initial public offering (IPO)
Apple went public in December 12,1980. Apple was founded in April 1976 after 4 years Apple went public at a price of 22 dollars per share.
Apple sold almost 4.6 million shares during its initial public offering (IPO). In 2020 Apple share price is more than 350 dollars per share.
Arthur Levinson is the largest individual stakeholder in Apple with more than 1.1 million shares.
Arthur Levinson is a current chairman of Apple and he is also chief executive officer (CEO) of Calico.
Market capitalisation of Apple at initial public offering (IPO) was under 2 billion dollars. Today as you already know Apple market capitalisation is 1.5 trillion dollars.
6. Bill gates investment in Apple
The cofounder of Apple Steve jobs said "bill thank you. The world is a better place" when the co-founder of Microsoft Gates made 150 million dollars investment.
Currently Microsoft is less profitable than Apple. Again i have to say from going bankrupt in 1997 to becoming the first publicly traded US (United States) company to hit one trillion dollars Apple journey is just inspirational.
7. Steve jobs fired from Apple
Despite the fact that Steve Jobs was the co-founder, he was fired from Apple in 1985.
Steve jobs returned to Apple after 10 years in 1996 this time he became the interim chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple.
Steve Jobs served as a CEO of Apple until August 2011. Jobs passed away on 5 October 2011 due to cancer.
8. Why all Apple products starts with I
In 1998 when Steve Jobs introduced iMac he said that the I in iMac stands for "internet".
He also said that I also have different meanings such as individual, inform, inspire and instruct. Apple still products a lot of products starting with I.
9. Products of Apple.
Macintosh, iPod, ipad, iphone, Apple watch, Apple tv.
10. Services of Apple
App Store, Apple arcade, Apple card, Apple music, Apple News +, Apple pay, Apple tv, Apple books, iMessage, iCloud, itunes.
11. Subsidiaries of Apple
Braeburn capital, beats electronics, claris, Apple energy, Apple services, Apple worldwide, video, Anobit and Beddit.
Conclusion
Apple is considered as one the biggest technology companies in the US. Apple became the first publicly traded company to hit one trillion dollars.
Apple became one of the luxury brands, Apple products fascinates users due to its incredible features.
Apple iphone's attract a lot of users but they are quite expensive compared to other phones.
Do you use Apple products? Do you use iphone? Which Apple product are you using right now? Answer these questions in the comment section.
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